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Department faculty and staff

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Faculty

Julia Branstrator

Julia Branstrator

Adjunct Faculty – FC

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Andrew Caldwell

Andrew Caldwell

Adjunct Faculty – FC

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Christina Cavaliere

Christina Cavaliere

Tenured Associate Professor

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Tenured Associate Professor, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources

Joel Correia

Joel Correia

Associate Professor

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Political ecologies of conservation & development, climate change adaptation and mitigation, Indigenous rights, environmental justice, Latin America

Stuart Cottrell

Stuart Cottrell

Professor, Sustainable Tourism, Coordinator of Global Tourism Concentration

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His research focus includes sustainable tourism development – linking tourism, nature conservation and protected areas; collaborative conservation and protected area management; and perceptions of landscape disturbance – implications for human dimensions of natural resources, recreation and tourism.

Jamie Dahl

Jamie Dahl

Assistant Professor

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Tian Guo

Tian Guo

Assistant Professor

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Behavior change, human processes of the coupled human-nature systems

David Knight

David Knight

Faculty

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community-based tourism, sustainability, empowerment, poverty alleviation, tourism resilience

Anna Lavoie

Anna Lavoie

Associate Professor

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Environmental governance, fisheries policy and management, gendered livelihoods, recreational fishing, decolonial feminist political ecology

Paul Layden

Paul Layden

Master Instructor | Undergraduate Coordinator | Internship Coordinator

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Internships, career preparation, event planning, natural resource ecology and measurements.

Rebecca Niemiec

Rebecca Niemiec

Associate Professor – FC

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Jon Salerno

Jon Salerno

Assistant Professor

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Human adaptation to environmental change

Jennifer Solomon

Jennifer Solomon

Associate Professor

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Sunshine Swetnam

Sunshine Swetnam

Assistant Professor

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Tara Teel

Tara Teel

Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Interim Department Head | Professor

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Conservation social sciences, social psychology applications in conservation, human dimensions of wildlife, human-wildlife interactions, wildlife values

Sarah Walker

Sarah Walker

Assistant Professor

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Human-Environment Interactions

Travis Warziniack

Travis Warziniack

Adjunct Faculty – FC

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Lina Xiong

Lina Xiong

Associate Professor

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Internal branding, service management, and employee well-being in tourism.

Wen Zhang

Wen Zhang

Assistant Professor

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Richard Knight

Richard Knight

Professor Emeritus

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Emeritus faculty

Staff

Ryan Finchum

Ryan Finchum

Co-Director, Center for Protected Area Management

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Protected Area Management, Ecotourism, Environmental Interpretation, and Conservation Leadership

Jacqie Hasan

Jacqie Hasan

Academic Support Coordinator

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Dawson Metcalf

Dawson Metcalf

Director of Enterprise Programs, Program Manager for Conservation Leadership

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Leadership development with emphasis in environmental education.

Kathryn Metzger

Kathryn Metzger

HDNR Graduate Programs Manager

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Audrey Ramsey

Audrey Ramsey

Research Associate III – EX

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Andrew Sampson

Andrew Sampson

Graduate Research Assistant – FC

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Emily Schmieding

Emily Schmieding

Conference and Event Manager, Instructor

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Tara Teel

Tara Teel

Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Interim Department Head | Professor

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Conservation social sciences, social psychology applications in conservation, human dimensions of wildlife, human-wildlife interactions, wildlife values